CMAS World Cup Pool Series – Poland 2025 will be held in Łódź Poland on may 14-16.03.2025 organised by Polish Freediving Federation.
This will be the second edition of the CMAS Pool World Cup in Łódź. The previous edition gathered over 40 athletes from four countries at the start. Three days of competition brought multiple national records and personal bests, Mateusz Malina set a world record in DNF.
The Cup is not only a place for sports competition but also for great opportunity for gathering of the freediving community. You are more than welcome to join us in Lodz 🙂
The CMAS Pool World Cup in Lodz will be held from 14.03. to 16.03.2025. The venue for the competition will be Zatoka Sportu, Akademickie Centrum Sportowo-Dydaktyczne 90-924 Łódź, al. Politechniki 10.
Pool – 50 meters with 10 lines. The depth along the entire length is 2.5 meters. The water has a constant
temperature of 27 ° C.
https://www.zatokasportu.pl/en
By plane:
Lodz International Airport
By car:
The city of Łódź is located at the intersection of the A1 and A2 highways on the west-east and
south-north lines.
In the city
The city of Łódź has a very well-developed network of bus and tram connections. A single ticket (to 20
min ride) costs about 1 EURO
TO TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITION YOU MUST:
Polski Zwiazek Freedivingu
Sadowa 14 (street)
Jozefow (citi)
05-410 (zip code)
SWIFT ID: PPABPLPK
IBAN out of Poland PL57 1600 1185 1820 1848 8000 0003 (account in EURO)
Description : CMAS Pool World Cup 2025 – First and Last Name
THE ENTRY FEE:
Payable by 15.02.2025:
Payable after 15.02.2025:
Plus €24 for the CMAS World Cup licences, payd via CMAS Portal directly to the CMAS in the registration process.
Due to circumstances connected with the organisation of the competition, the entry fee and competitor
registration must be made by 28.02.2025 (to got the T-shirt) or 9.03.2024 (no T-shirt guaranteed).
The number of competitors is limited to 80.
In accordance with the rules of CMAS, starts in the Competitions take place in order of personal best.
TO BE ADMITTED TO THE COMPETITION YOU MUST:
3 competition days (14, 15, 16 march 2025). Every athlete can choose the discipline that wants to
compete each day. Athletes can compete in the same discipline as many competition days they want.
Mixed discipline starts are allowed. The competition is played only in the senior category.
Scoring and Classification System for the overall winner:
There will be two types of classification:
Overall winners classification:
DYN:1 point per meter
DYNBF:1 point per meter
DNF: 1.25 points per meter
Results from all 3 disciplines (or if the athlete starts in fewer disciplines (events), the best performance from performed disciplines/events) will be added for the overall winners classification.
Events/disciplines medal classifications
3 first places for men and women in discipline DYN, DYNBf, DNF (the best performances will be taken
into consideration) will be awarded by medals
Competition schedule
13.03.2025 – Thursday
18:00-20:00
Official trening
14.03.2025 – Friday
9:00-10:00
Official trening
11:00
Start of registration (pool lobby)
12:30
Entry to the pool area
13:00
Technical meeting (pool classroom)
13:15
Start of warm-up for DYN/DNF
13:30
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE COMPETITION, briefing of competitors,
referees and rescue team
17:00
Last Top Time DYN/DNF/DYN-B (at maximum number of competitors)
15.03.2025 – Saturday
13:00
Entry to the pool area
13:15
Start of warm-up for DYN/DNF
14:00
First Top Time DYN/DNF/DYN-B starts every 8 min
17:00
Last Top Time DYN/DNF/DYN-B (at maximum number of competitors)
16.03.2025 – Sunday
9:00
Entry to the pool area
9:15
Start of warm-up for DYN/DNF
10:00
First Top Time DYN/DNF/DYN-B starts every 8 min
13:00
Last Top Time DYN/DNF/DYN-B (at maximum number of competitors)
13:30
Closing and awarding ceremony
In Łódź you can find a very large offer of hotels, hostels and B&Bs/AirBNBs.
The International Testing Agency (ITA) decides the testing plan of the competition and sends it to LOC.
Additional CMAS individual tests are possible during competition.
All the controls and procedures are under the authority of CMAS – “testing authority “and result management “.
Tests for benzodiazepines may be performed at competitions in accordance with CMAS procedures.
The competition will be broadcast online in cooperation with Diveye.
The media patronage over the competition is held by Redakcja Sportowa TVP.
Online results service is provided by freedivingranking.com
Additional announcements and news will be published on the Polish Freediving Sport Federation website. or on the competition website